| 选择 | xuǎn zé | to select / to pick / choice / option / alternative |   |
| 选项 | xuǎn xiàng | option / alternative / choice / to choose a project | |
| 精选 | jīng xuǎn | carefully chosen / handpicked / best of the bunch / choice (product) / concentration (mining) / to concentrate / to winnow | |
| 只能 | zhǐ néng | can only / obliged to do sth / to have no other choice | |
| 作出 | zuò chū | to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract | |
| 不得不 | bù dé bù | have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid | |
| 首选 | shǒu xuǎn | first choice / premium / to come first in the imperial examinations | |
| 没法 | méi fǎ | at a loss / unable to do anything about it / to have no choice | |
| 人选 | rén xuǎn | choice of person / candidate | |
| 用语 | yòng yǔ | choice of words / wording / phraseology / term | |
| 不得已 | bù dé yǐ | to act against one's will / to have no alternative but to / to have to / to have no choice / must | |
| 粽子 | zòng zi | glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled | |
| 两难 | liǎng nán | dilemma / quandary / to face a difficult choice | |
| 呼之欲出 | hū zhī yù chū | lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom) / fig. on the verge of coming out into the open / (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed / (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed | |
| 别无选择 | bié wú xuǎn zé | to have no other choice | |
| 招亲 | zhāo qīn | to invite the groom (who will live with the bride's family) / to take a wife by one's own choice | |
| 格律 | gé lu:4 | forms of versification / conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition / metrical verse | |
| 不得已而为之 | bù dé yǐ ér wéi zhī | to have no other choice / to be the last resort | |
| 莫衷一是 | mò zhōng yī shì | unable to reach a decision (idiom) / cannot agree on the right choice / no unanimous decision / still a matter of discussion | |
| 属意 | zhǔ yì | to set one's heart on / to set one's choice on | |
| 无已 | wú yǐ | endlessly / to have no choice | |
| 抠字眼 | kōu zì yǎn | to be fastidious about phrasing, diction, or choice of words | |
| 哑巴吃黄莲 | yǎ ba chī huáng lián | no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连 / (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1]) | |
| 哑巴吃黄连 | yǎ ba chī huáng lián | no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom) / also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲 / (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1]) | |
| 没有法 | méi yǒu fǎ | at a loss / unable to do anything about it / to have no choice | |
| 特异选择 | tè yì xuǎn zé | special choice / special reserve | |
| 白拣 | bái jiǎn | a cheap choice / to choose sth that costs nothing | |
| 支持选择天主教徒组织 | | Catholics for Choice | |
| 首选药物 | shǒu xuǎn yào wù | drug of choice | |
| 支持自由选择天主教徒组织 | | Catholics for a Free Choice | |
| 另一种选择 | | alternative choice | |
| 生育选择 | | reproductive choice | |
| 美观型假肢 | | social choice model | |
| 协议选择法院公约 | | Convention on the Choice of Court | |
| 选择法院协议公约 | | Convention on Choice of Court Agreements | |
| 首选武器 | | weapon of choice | |
| 法庭选择条款 | | choice of forum clause | |
| 法院选择条款 | | choice of forum clause | |
| 法律选择条款 | | choice of law clause | |
| 适用法律选择条款 | | choice of law clause | |
| 增加避孕选择改善生殖健康方桉质量 | | Expanding Contraceptive Choice and Improving Quality of Reproductive Health Programmes | |
| 吃青春饭 | chī qīng chūn fàn | to make the most of one's youthfulness in one's choice of employment (e.g. modeling) | |
| 情非得已 | qíng fēi dé yǐ | compelled by the circumstances (to do sth) / (have) no other choice (but do sth) / (used as a pun in romance) can't help but fall in love | |
